Dispensing device



June 9, 1925. 1,540,792

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Application filed June 2,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we,- ALTER MGLAREN and URBAN A. KREIDLER, citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively, of Dayton, in the county' of Montgomery and State of Ohio, and of Oakwood, in the county of li/iontgoniery and State of Ohio,

7 have invented certain new and useful Iinprovements in Dispensing Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

Our invention relates to dispensing devices and particularly to a dispensing stand for ice cream cones. 7

When filling ice cream cones, it has heretoforebeen customary for the dlspenser to l hold three or four cones in one damp sticky penser because of its inconvenience and the frequent loss of a cone-full of cream.

Havlng in mlnd these ob ect1ons and desiring to make the dispensing and use of ice cream cones as sanitary as possible for the convenience and protection of the public, we have invented a dispensing stand for ice cream cones in which the empty cones will be placedby the dispenser when his hands are dry and will not be touched again until taken from the stand by the customer. In this way the cones are not handled whilebeingfilled and are received by the consumer in an edible condition.

Referring now to the drawings which form a part of this specification and in which we have illustrated a preferred form of our invention,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the stand showing how the cones are held while being filled, l g V Figure ,2 is a perspective view of the stand with the tray removed, and

Figure 3 is a detail view of a part of the stand showing the recess for receiving the handle of the tray. 7

The invention illustrated consists of a standard 5 and a tray 6; The standard is in the form of a. small stand having legs 7 and is open at the top to receive the tray 6.

party where each will take his cone.

DISPENSING DEVICE.

1923. Serial No. 642,827.

Jiust below the top opening is a ledge or support 8 on which the tray rests so that its top is flushwith the top of the standard. The rim of the standard is cut away on the rear side at 9 to provide a: recess to receive the handle 10 of tray. Thetray is shown with six openings 11 adapted to receive and support the cones 12 as shown in Figure 1, but the openings may be of any desired number depending 011 the size ofthe tray.

The standard 5 is preferably made from cast metal as iron, aluminum or"'b'rass and the tray '6 of aluminum, bakelite or other light but strong and non-corroslve material,

but any material may be usedthat is found desirablev r In practice, the placed near the dispenser who will place the requisite number of conestherein and fill them with cream as shown at 13. When the cones are filled they will be taken from the .tray by the customer without further handling by the dispenser. If a large number of patrons or an auto party are being served, all of the cones in a tray will be filled and the tray carried by the handle 10 to the stand and tray will be It has 7 been found desirable in some instances to provide several trays with each standard, so

that while cones are being served to one a party, the dispenser will be filling-another tray on the same stand.

' It will thus beseen that we have devised not only a convenient and sanitary means for dispensing ice cream cones, but also a method which will greatly expedite and improve the serving of the cones.

Having thus described one form of our invention, what we claim as new and desire to'p'rotec-t by Letters Patent is;

1.. A new article of manufacture coinpris ing a stand having an open top with an tending rim surrounding the opening, a removabletray supported on the ledgeand closing the open top of the stand, the top of the tray being substantially flush with the inwardly extending ledge and upwardly eX-Q a stand having an open top with an inwardly extending ledge around the opening, a rim surrounding and extending above the ledge and having a notch in one side, it removable tray supported on the ledge and having a laterally extending handle disposed in said notch, said tray having a plurality of cone receiving apertures.

In "testimony whereo'f we afrlx our signatures, in the presence 01' two Wit/1165505.

WALTER MCLAREN. URBAN A KREIDLER. Witnesses:

RUSSELL MOFARLAND, CHAS. J. MILLER. 

